Case and container



April 1, 1930. s MARSHUTZ ET AL CASE AND CONTAINER Filed March 5, 1929 Soclratt v flip T012451 Siegfried 6 Mars/mg fihuzi a wzulv nrroz nzx Patented Apr. 1, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFI SIEGFRIED G. MARSHUTZ .ANDIHILLIP SOGKETT, 0F LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, AS-

.SIGNORS TO THE ATLAS LEATHER PRODUCTS CORPORATION, .015 LOS ANGELES,

CALIFORNIA, A CORPORATION OF CALI FORNIA cAsE .AND CONTAINER Application filed March 5,

This invention relates to cases or containers having a flap that is secured in closed position by means connected to the flap and to the case body.

An object of the invention is to provide novel means for easily securing together the flap fastening means.

Heretofore in cases having flexible sides and an integral flap, the free end of which is secured to one of the sides by any suitable fastening means such as a common glove or snap fastener, a wooden block has been secured in the case in rear of the fastening member attached to the case body in order to form a support against which the fastening members are pressed during the flap closing operation. By thus providing a support, breakage of articles in the case or container is reduced to a minimum and ease of closing the flap is accomplished. The supports or blocks just mentioned, have heretofore been glued to a side wall of the case or glued or riveted along their bottom edge to a strip inserted in the case. These supports or blocks are likely to be broken or become loose in the case, in either of which events, heretofore the case has been practically rendered useless.

An object is to provide a novel construotion for cases or containers in which a flap fastening supporting means or block may be securely connected in the case so that breakage of the block will not affect the usefulness of the case or containers or lessen the effectiveness of the block when closing the case or container flap.

Another object is to provide novel means for securing in a case or container a support of the character above referred to, and in which the various parts of the block, if the same becomes broken or split, will be maintained in initial position.

A further object is to provide novel means of the above character that are simple in construction and neat appearing when in use.

Other objects are reduced costs of manufacture, ease and quickness of assembly.

The invention includes the parts and the combination of parts more particularly hereinafter described and claimed.

Other objects, advantages and features of 1929. Serial No. 244,205.

invention may appear from the accompanying drawing, the subjoined detail description, and the appended claims.

The accompanying drawing illustrates the invention in some of the forms weat present deem preferable. e V

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a spectacle case to which our inventionis applied, as shown in dotted lines. 7

F ig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the case showninFig.1.-- v i Fig. 3- is a plan view of'thccase shown in Figs. 1 an'd2 but showing the case opened.

Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the flap fastening supporting means assembly. 7

Fig.5 is a detail perspective view of a modified form of the flap fastening supporting means assembly, a portion being broken away to disclose a; construction otherwise hidden. i

The invention includes a case or container stiffener and a flap fastening supporting member a which comprises a relatively long and narrow strip 1 of relatively stiff and bendable material, such as sheet metal, aluminum, steel, celluloid, bakelite, fibre and the like, having up-turned ends 2 and intermediate its ends is bent upon itself as at 3 to form a recess 4 that is spanned by a block 5 of wood, fibre sheet metal, or other suitable material. 3

This assembly as shown in Figs. 4 and 5 is slipped into the-pouch of a 'case 6 by first inserting one end 2 in the'case 6 and then springing the other end 2 of the block sup'-' porting assembly a into the case so that the block 5 is held inthe'recess 4 by the bottom of the case coming into engagement'with the lower end of the block 5'- The case 6 may be formed in any suitable manner,an d as shown in the drawing, the ends 5 of-the case are secured together by stitches not shown.

A flap? extending from the case 6 is provided at it s fr'eeend with one element of cooperative fastening means such as a female fasteningmember 8 that is adapted to be secured to the other el'ement'of the co-operative fastening member or to a "male fastening member 9 that is secured to a side wall of the case 6 adjacent to or in front of the block 5 separate piece may be made to slip over the edge of the strip 1 to close the recess 4.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that in the event the block 5 is made of wood,

fibre, or other material and should become broken or split, the strip of material l which encircles the upper end of the block, will, together with the case bottom, retain the block in assembled and operative position.

By constructing a flap fastening supporting means as above, we have materially reduced the cost of construction and eliminated several operations heretofore necessary in the manufacture or assembly of devices of this kind, and have also provided a device .Which is neat in appearance when in use.

The strip 1 is of a predetermined width and serves to stiffen the case or container and space the side walls thereof. The block 5 is approximately of the same width as the strip 1 and preferably is a separate member snugly fitted into or spanning the recess 4, and by this construction it is not necessary, as been the case heretofore,to secure the block in the case by means of gluing, nailing, orby any'other method, thereby providin for reduced costs of manufacture, assembly and sanitation of the finished article.

We claim:

1. In a case, the combination of a flap provided with one element of co-operative fastening means; a strip fitted within said case and provided intermediate its ends with a recess; a

ning said recess, said strip and block being adapted to be received in said case so that said.v block will be positioned in rear of the case fastening means when the flap is closed.

2. In acase, the combination of a flap provided with one element of co-operative fastening means; a strip having upturned ends and being bent intermediate its ends to form a recess opening away from the up-turned ends; and a block in said recess,'said strip and block being positioned in said case sothat said block will be in rear of said'fastening means when the flap is closed, and said block will be'retained in said case by the bottom and side walls of the case in combination with the bent part of the strip forming the recess.

3. The combination of an eye-glass case including a pouch having a top opening and a closure flap therefor, and cooperative fastening means respectively located on the pouch and flap; of a narrow stripfof relahas 7 block snugly fitted into and span-' tively stiff material disposed within the pouch and positioned along the bottom edge thereof and provided with a recess located in rear of the fastening means on the pouch, anda .block located within the recess, said strip frictionally engaging the pouch to retain the block in its operative position.

4. The combination of an eye-glass case including a pouch having .a top opening and a} closure flap therefor, and cooperative fastening means respectively located onthe pouch and flap; a U- haped strip of relatively stiff'materi'al fitted within the pouch and havingits end portions engaging the ends of the pouch and the connecting portion extending along the bottom of the pouch, the connecting portionof said strip being bent upwardly to, provide a recess located in rear: of the fastening means on the pouch, and a block 10- catedwithin the recess. r

In testimony whereof, we have hereunto set our hands at Los Angeles, California, this 27th day of February, 1929.

SIEGFRIED G. MARSHUTZ. r. PHILLIP SOCKETTQ 

